Russian and Central European Studies
Contact G. Greenberg, 315-443-1414.
Faculty Gerald R. Greenberg, Erika Haber, Frederick D. Marquardt, Mitchell A. Orenstein, Gerlinde Ulm Sanford, Brian D. Taylor
The Russian and Central European Studies major is an interdisciplinary program that has been designed with some flexibility in order to serve students who wish to focus their liberal arts education on Russian and Central European studies, as well as those who look forward to a career as specialists in Russian or Central European affairs.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Students are required to take at least 30 credits from the courses listed below. Up to 6 credits may be below the 300 level. In addition, students must complete 201 in GER,?POL, RUS, or TRK (or other appropriate languages as instruction becomes available), or earn at least 3 credits at a higher level in a course taught in the language.
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Any RUS, POL, TRK, or GER courses above the 201 level
Anthropology
ANT 428 Transformation of Eastern Europe
Fine Arts
FIA 448 European Art Between the Wars
Geography
GEO 331 The European Union History
HIS 314 Europe from Bismarck to the First World War
HIS 315 Europe in the Age of Hitler and Stalin
HIS 316 Europe Since the Second World War
HIS 361 Germany to World War I, 1770-1918
HST 362 Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
HST 363 Germany Since 1945
HST 364 Imperial Russia
HST 365 Soviet and Contemporary Russia
HST 366 Eastern Europe Since 1918
Literature in Translation
LIT 226 Dostoevsky and Tolstoy
LIT 227 Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn
LIT 331 Russian Culture Through Fiction and Film
Philosophy
PHI 418 Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche
Political Science
PSC 332 Politics of Post Communist Europe
PSC 347 Politics of Russia
PSC 372 Marxist Theory
Minor in Russian and Central European Studies
The Russian and Central European Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that has been designed to acquaint students with the field of Russian and Central European studies through the study of art, culture,
geography, history, language, literature, and political science.
Students are required to take 18 credits from the courses listed below. Up to 6 credits may be below the 300 level. Courses must be taken from at least two of the eight categories listed below. In addition, students must complete the 201 level in GER, POL, RUS, TRK (or other appropriate languages as instruction becomes available).
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Any RUS, GER, POL, or TRK courses above the 201 level
(Other appropriate courses with language prefixes as they become available, to be approved by the RCES advisor)
Anthropology
ANT 428 Transformation of Eastern Europe
Fine Arts
FIA 448 European Art Between the Wars
Geography
GEO 331 The European Union
History
HIS 314 Europe from Bismarck to the First World War
HIS 315 Europe in the Age of Hitler and Stalin
HIS 316 Europe Since the Second World War
HIS 361 Germany to World War I, 1770-1918
HST 362 Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
HST 363 Germany since 1945
HST 364 Imperial Russia
HST 365 Soviet and Contemporary Russia
HST 366 Eastern Europe Since 1918
Literature in Translation
LIT 226 Dostoevsky and Tolstoy
LIT 227 Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn
LIT 331 Russian Culture Through Fiction and Film
RUS/LIT 332 Russian Fairy Tales and Folklore
RUS/LIT 361 Russian Literary Film Adaptations
(Other appropriate LIT courses to be approved by the RCES advisor as they become available)
Philosophy
PHI 418 Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche
Political Science
PSC 332 Politics of Post Communist Europe
PSC 347 Politics of Russia
PSC 372 Marxist Theory